Oivind Varkoy challenges music educators who start their educational work from well-defined learning outcomes and who then test and assess whether students have achieved these predefined ends. He argues that "ends-means-thinking," "assessment-thinking," and "some sort of market-philosophy" all relate to "instrumentalism" in which learners are…

This article presents an annotated bibliography of research works about digital/technology tools for literacy instruction, discourse/cultural analysis, literacy, literary response/literature/narrative, media-information literacy/media use, professional development/teacher education related to English/language arts, reading, second language…

Examines the view that readers read different texts and create the text they read. Argues that (1) this view is a form of conceptual relativism; (2) the view is incoherent; and (3) work on radical interpretation offers a much more satisfactory account of why interpretations of texts differ so radically and better explains the value of studying…

Offers feminist response to Alan Bloom's book, "The Closing of the American Mind," proposing that the women's studies model somewhat paradoxically offers remedies for many of the ills Bloom finds plaguing American education. (NB)

Responds to previous article by Duncan and Solovey which described the role of insight in strategic therapy. Disagrees with Duncan and Solovey on several levels. Asserts that "client-ascribed meaning" and what is traditionally known as insight are basically same phenomenon, acknowledging that perhaps strategic therapists have found ways…

Responds to earlier four articles on integration of counseling psychology and neuropsychology. Agrees that it is imperative for counseling psychologists to have level of sophistication in neuropsychology if they are to see neurologically impaired clients, yet notes that extent of that knowledge can vary and depends on level of intervention…

Responds to earlier issue of "Counseling Psychologist" on new and early professionals in academia. As new professional herself, the author discusses specific methodological flaws, data not included, and access and opportunity to be represented, focusing particularly on these issues within academia. (NB)

Responds to earlier article by Carolyn Zerbe Enns on feminist counseling and psychotherapy. Asserts that Enns presents concise summary and overview but offers little beyond her examination of "themes of change, agreement, and disagreement." Focuses comments on two topics addressed by Enns: the importance of context and interrelationships…

Responds to previous article by Wynkoop critiquing Moriarty's article of adolescent satanism. Notes that author's (Moriarty) previous article addresses satanism from perspective of differential diagnoses and that Wynkoop's critique cites number of improvements that author believes strengthens original article. Notes that some of Wynkoop's points…

Continues dialogue begun with two articles on teenage pregnancy and childbearing published in 1991 ("As the Pendulum Swings: Teenage Childbearing and Social Concern" and "Teenage Childbearing and Social and Reproductive Disadvantage: The Evolution of Complex Questions and the Demise of Simple Answers"). Attempts to point out unsettled research…

Continues dialogue begun with two articles on teenage pregnancy and childbearing published in Family Relations in 1991 ("As the Pendulum Swings: Teenage Childbearing and Social Concern" and "Teenage Childbearing and Social and Reproductive Disadvantage: The Evolution of Complex Questions and the Demise of Simple Answers") and responds to previous…

Describes contextual differences of author's experiences in 1960s with experiences of current young counseling psychologists presented in January 1992 issue of "The Counseling Psychologist." Describes differences in career options, training, expectations, and research activity. Concludes new professionals always face career transition…

When one reads and greatly enjoys a book, he or she would naturally want to repeat the experience. Readers seeking to do so can perhaps find what they are looking for in fan fiction if aspiring fan fiction writers are capable of supplying answers to questions left by the original author in a manner that does justice to that author's style or…

An astonishing tract has been published that involves a plan for the modification of the growth of children with severe developmental disabilities by administering hormonal treatments designed to arrest growth at an early age (Gunther & Diekema, 2006). The schema put forth is based upon the concern of the authors for the burdensome effect families…

This issue of "School Talk" brings together the ideas of purposefulness and intertextuality together in a teaching practice called intentional intertextual inquiry. "Making Inquiry Intentional and Intertextual" (Karen Smith, Sarah Diaz, and Silvia Edgerton) discusses the framework that combines inquiry-based learning and intertextuality within…